Making Christmas Bright

I'm usually pretty stressed out at Christmas. Anyone else with me?!?

We have this self-inflicted and society-perpetuated pressure to completely redecorate our homes, buy the perfect gifts and then wrap those perfect gifts with perfect bows, make cute homemade goodies for our kids' class parties, give lavish teacher gifts, attend a bazillion events between work and personal parties, church, school and community events, wrap our houses and yards with lights and greenery, and all while smiling beautifully for the camera to send the most amazing Christmas card to (or post the most amazing Instagram photo for) people we hardly ever see.

I definitely fall prey to the perfect Christmas card pictures... I may have gone over the top this year with this photo from Bookout Studios. But man, is that a gorgeous Santa or what!

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